Alhambra Apartments

Location

4500 Alhambra Drive

(East Davis, near the intersection of Alhambra Drive & Mace Blvd.)

Phone

(530) 297-7368

Website

http://www.alhambraatmaceranch.com/

Features

Affordable Housing units available

Central heat/air

Dishwasher

Exercise room

Pets allowed

Study room

Storage

Patio/balcony

Washer/dryer hookup

Pool

Laundry

Clubhouse

Play area

Alhambra Apartments offers one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom units ranging from $986/month [July 2007] to $1,424/month in five different floor plans [March 2005]. Apartments feature Kenmore kitchen appliances, walk-in closets, energy efficient water heaters, private exterior storage, private patios/balconies, and extra telephone lines — most units include a full size washer/dryer hook-up. The site is close to Unitrans A bus line & T bus line and has private garages available for an additional fee. This complex is managed by Jon Berkley Management, Inc.. They also have units that qualify for Section 8 Housing Vouchers.

In June 2004, Target submitted to the Davis Community Development Department a preliminary, conceptual plan for a Davis store at 2nd Street & Mace Boulevard, immediately south of Alhambra Apartments. The debate on whether to allow Target in Davis resulted in the city allowing Target to build a store at Second Street Crossing, near the old Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site. It opened for business in October 2009.

To learn more about rental housing within Davis, please visit our Housing Guide as well as our Apartments pages.

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"I liked the apartment; they sometimes come with washers and dryers in the unit. I found the managers/repair man to be friendly, albeit weird. It's far away (out by Mace)."

2006-03-05 19:08:46   Nice apartment with balcony. If you pay an extra $40/mo you get a washer and dryer in your balcony closet which is very convenient. Management is not the most helpful, but they try. Lots of families live here, so there are kids running around in the afternoon. —JoannNguyen

2006-10-06 19:54:01   I have had a bad experience with the management at this apartment complex. Property was stolen from my apartment by either the managers, painters, or cleaners and the management was extremely insensitive and cold. They are very suspicious to me. I do not recommend living in these apartments! —GeorgiaKk

2007-02-22 17:20:45   The management decided at some point to stop accepting packages from UPS or FedEx for residents, but didn't bother to inform the residents of that. For people who work during normal business hours, this is a huge inconvenience. —ColleenParks

2007-12-18 22:42:19   I would STRONGLY discourage renting these apartments. The apartments are dirty, the staff is rude, and you will never get your full deposit back — even if they praised you for having the cleanliest apartment they've seen yet! If you are looking for a quality place to live, do not let these affordable prices fool you! —AggieAlum

2008-04-09 09:58:03   I've lived here for the past two and a half years and never really had problems with management. The maintenance guy, Steve, is pretty nice about fixing/replacing anything in the apartment. Theresa, the current manager, is definitely friendlier than the previous manager Sarah (not that I really had much of a problem with her either).

There's a lot of families/kids though since this is a low-income apartment unit, so if you're not down with kids screaming and running around in the afternoons (especially during the summer when they take over the small pool) then don't live here. —wootywoo

2009-07-16 15:56:45   I also had a bad experience with this place while looking for an apartment. I had to come back three times because noone was ever in the office. The leasing agent seemed not to care, tried to explain something to me while talking on her cell phone (personal call obviously) then The "Manager" was very rude and short with us. I would waste my time with management like that around —veronicasmall

2010-07-17 12:37:33   I was not a big fan of living here. The rent price is pretty darn good for a 2bd/2ba, but that's definitely negated by the bedroom sizes. It was not comfortable living in that small of a space, and I made the mistake of assuming I could. Interior walls are very thin, and the units were not well insulated. Neighbors are great though, and maintenance was promptly and properly taken care of. Unfortunately, we lost almost half of our deposit after three walk-throughs with the manager who informed us at move-out that the unit just needed a minor clean for turning. I was not happy with being lead astray like that. I ended up going back to my old complex, because the cost for the services there is just so much better. —Richard Atherton —RickJames

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  Vested interest or not, it's fair frank talk about the experience while being a customer signed with a real name at the end... Daubert
  

2010-08-11 13:48:22   I don't really have any bad experiences with the management. Whenever I ask for repairs, they are very quickly done. They are always willing to help if you have any problems and talk through all the processes. For the apt complex itself, I like how it is nothing like apartment complexes full of college students who party and make noises and such every night. it is a very ideal place to spend quiet times and study. The neighborhood is very nice. also, the affordable housing program they have is great! some of the friends that I knew had a 4br apt before and I remember it was way cheaper than any other 2~3br apts around. Literally 5 mins walk to Target. Don't understand why it has such bad reviews.. —emily237

2012-01-10 13:02:21   I lived here for about two years and my overall experience was positive. It was the first apartment I ever lived in so I have no point of comparison. It took them about a month to come in and fix one of our toilets but we had two so it wasn't a dire situation. At least six times they either put a note on our door or in our mailbox that said we were going to be evicted if we didn't pay our rent in the next two days, etc. I always got my rent checks photocopied and signed so I would take my copy to the office and they informed me that the letters were actually for a tenant in a completely different building. That was super bizarre considering my apartment number was on an easily readable sign about an inch from my door where some of the notices were taped and my mailbox had my last name and apt number on it. Illiterate or apathetic, who knows? Other than that weirdness, the office staff were friendly. They keep your packages in the office which is nice unless you get home after the office has closed for the day. Finding a parking spot wasn't too difficult. I felt we got a fair amount of our safety deposit back. Close to the freeway. Nice place to live minus loud kids and parties. —LoriOrf